host: next up is teresa on our line for republicans, calling from somewhere in texas. go ahead. caller: yes. i have a question. the problems that maliki is having in iraq, how -- how do you feel it will affect the iraqi -- host: you still with us? what was your question again? caller: with the problems that maliki is having in iraq, how do you feel -- with the dinars? guest: ah, dinars, yes. sorry. i was having trouble understanding exactly what the question was. i am not sure exactly what is happening with the iraqi dinar. i am not particularly concerned about that. currencies go up and down. the dollar goes up and down. euro goes up and down. that is for the iraqis satori about, not the americans -- iraqis to worry about, not the americans. host: question from daniel, what you think iraq would be like if the americans had not invaded? guest: that is a hard question. if they had the opportunity to see what happened in tunisia and egypt, i wonder whether they would not have done as the tunisians and egyptians did. it would have been dangerous. there would have been people killed